Afghan translators who have made it to Britain will be kicked out after a ban on returning them to the war-torn country was lifted.

The courts stopped the Government from deporting Afghans seeking asylum in the UK after judges ruled the country was too dangerous.

But the case was taken to the Court of Appeal and Home Secretary Theresa May has now won the right to lift the blanket ban.

Afghan translators who have made it to Britain will be kicked out after a ban on returning them to the war-torn country was lifted. The victory for Theresa May means two interpreters currently in Britain, whose cases are still being processed, are likely to be sent back

The victory for the Home Office means two interpreters currently in Britain, whose cases are still being processed, are likely to be sent back - even though last year was one of the bloodiest on record for civilian deaths in the country.

Another three of them have already been told they face deportation because their claims for asylum had failed.

Following the ruling they are expecting to be deported within weeks as flights resume to the Afghan capital Kabul, which has been hit by a recent wave of suicide bombings and attacks.

Lawyers claim there are at least three more interpreters in the system who face being sent back home from Britain as a result of the court ruling.

Following the ruling, the translators are expecting to be deported within weeks as flights resume to the Afghan capital Kabul (pictured), which has been hit by a recent wave of suicide bombings and attacks

They fled the country and reached the UK on boats and lorries after facing threats from the Taliban because they were branded 'infidels' and spies for working for the British.

Last night, a former army translator known as Ahmed, who faces deportation after his asylum claim was rejected, said the heroic translators were being 'punished' for Europe's migrant crisis.

He said: 'This is another devastating bold to those who risked their lives for Britain.

'Afghanistan is more dangerous than it has been since the Taliban left yet the UK believes it is safe for us to be sent back.

'It will end with our blood on the streets because of our service. The fact we are being sent back will mark us out too.

'We, the translators, and our countrymen are being punished because of Europe's migration crisis. This decision would not have been made without it.'

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Yesterday the leader of the Liberal Democrats branded David Cameron's policy on Afghan interpreters 'shameful'.

Tim Farron threw his weight behind a Daily Mail campaign to give sanctuary to the translators who risked their lives on the battlefield to save British soldiers during the 13-year war.

Speaking on the first day of the Lib-Dem spring conference in York, Mr Farron said: 'The idea that we could deport loyal interpreters smacks of an out of touch government.

'David Cameron, when leader of the Opposition, used to say the same thing over the mistreatment of the Gurkhas and now he sits idly by and lets this happen. This shames Britain, shames our values and shames our brave our armed forces.'

In 2009 when the Gurkhas faced deportation and were fighting for the right to live in the UK, Mr Cameron said: 'We owe them a debt of gratitude.'

The Prime Minister called for a new immigration category to be introduced for those who served in the Armed Forces abroad.

But while he has been in power, not a single Afghan interpreter has been allowed to come to Britain under an 'intimidation scheme' designed for interpreters facing attacks by insurgents.

Mr Farron said it was a 'disgrace' that under the Conservatives, loyal interpreters could be sent back to a war-torn country.

He said: 'These interpreters put themselves and their families at huge risk to help our servicemen and women.

'It is now critical that we recognise the work they did to help us and now, in return, help them in their hour of need.

These interpreters put themselves and their families at huge risk to help our servicemen and women. It is now critical that we recognise the work they did to help us and now, in return, help them in their hour of need

Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats

'These people put their lives on the line to help our country and this is how we repay them.'

Another ten interpreters are on their way to Britain after desperately fleeing Afghanistan and paying people smugglers because they were facing death threats from the Taliban.

At least another five interpreters are believed to be stuck at Calais trying to jump into lorries to get to the UK.

The Mail previously revealed how a 31-year-old interpreter living in northern England had his asylum claim rejected after a judge ruled it was safe for him to go back to Kabul.

A blanket ban on deportations back to the war-ravaged country was imposed in August last year amid concerns that it was too dangerous.

The ban resulted from a case brought by a group of Afghan asylum-seekers, including a boy known as HN, who was 14 when he entered the UK alone in 2007.

The Upper Tribunal had ruled that, while several provinces in Afghanistan were not secure, the capital Kabul was safe enough for returns.

HN's lawyers appealed and while the courts assessed this decision, judges agreed a rare blanket ban on all deportation flights to Afghanistan.

Removing that injunction last week, the Court of Appeal judges emphasised they were making their decision for legal reasons – because HN's appeal had been dismissed.